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Research Spotlights

Research spotlights are plain-language summaries of recent articles published in AGU’s suite of 24 journals.

Researchers examine how mantle upwelling under oceanic transform faults stabilizes these boundaries.
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Widespread Mantle Upwelling Beneath Oceanic Transform Faults

by Terri Cook 13 March 20188 July 2024

A global characterization of mantle flow patterns beneath active oceanic transforms suggests pervasive upwelling stabilizes divergent plate boundaries by warming and weakening these enigmatic features.

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Dead Sea Provides Unique Insights on Water Evaporation

by S. Witman 9 March 201824 October 2022

Scientists study the impacts of sunlight and wind on evaporation at one of Earth’s most unusual lakes.

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Modeling Storm Evolution

by S. Witman 6 March 201831 January 2023

A “moist shell” makes all the difference in how some storms evolve.

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How Do Deep-Sea Gravity Currents Transport Sediment So Far?

by Terri Cook 2 March 201814 March 2024

The first field measurements of turbidity currents flowing around submarine channel bends indicate spiral flow plays a key role in keeping sediment suspended for hundreds of kilometers.

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Urban Agriculture Could Provide Billions in Ecosystem Services

by S. Witman 2 March 201823 February 2023

Expanding agriculture efforts in cities could improve food security, ecosystem health, and more.

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Measuring Hurricane Wind Speed from Space

by A. Branscombe 1 March 201825 July 2022

A new technique based on GPS signals could provide better wind speed measurements during hurricanes and cyclones.

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One of World’s Oldest Animals Records Ocean Climate Change

by M. Kumar 27 February 201814 December 2022

Researchers probe millennia-old deep-ocean sponges for links between ocean nutrients and climate.

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Fiber-Optic Networks Can Be Used as Seismic Arrays

by S. Witman 27 February 201814 May 2024

A new study repurposes telecommunications cables to harness sound from light. The method can accurately measure ground motion from distant earthquakes.

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Drilling into a Future Earthquake

by A. Branscombe 26 February 20186 October 2021

Researchers drill into a fault that is anticipated to rupture in coming decades to study fault structure and earthquake physics.

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Moon’s Magnetic Field May Magnetize Iron That Hits Its Surface

by S. Witman 23 February 201820 December 2021

Scientists are using satellite data to study large impact basins on the surface of the Moon that contain magnetic anomalies.

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